Division of Health Services Research, Department of Health Promotion and Policy, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
J Am Dent Assoc. 2010 Jun;141(6):700-11. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.2010.0261.
The authors conducted a study to describe the current market for dental benefit offerings by employers and to describe the number and percentage of establishments that offer dental care coverage.
The authors examined the 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component and describe the number and percentage of establishments that offered at least one health insurance plan; establishments that offered dental insurance; and, of those establishments that offered at least one health insurance plan, the percentage that offered a dental insurance plan.
The study results show that 56 percent of all establishments offered health insurance in 2006. Approximately 35 percent of all establishments and 63 percent of establishments that offered health insurance offered dental insurance in 2006.
The difference in employee coverage rates between health insurance and dental insurance is reflected largely in the rates at which employers offered health insurance and dental insurance coverage in 2006.
By understanding these analyses, practitioners will be better positioned to provide care, improve access and respond to changes in the health care coverage marketplace.
作者进行了一项研究，旨在描述雇主提供牙科福利的现状，并描述提供牙科保健覆盖的机构数量和百分比。
作者检查了 2006 年医疗支出面板调查-保险部分，并描述了提供至少一种健康保险计划的机构数量和百分比；提供牙科保险的机构；以及，在提供至少一种健康保险计划的机构中，提供牙科保险计划的百分比。
研究结果表明，2006 年所有机构中有 56%提供健康保险。2006 年，约有 35%的所有机构和 63%提供健康保险的机构提供了牙科保险。
健康保险和牙科保险的员工覆盖率差异主要反映在 2006 年雇主提供健康保险和牙科保险覆盖的比率上。
通过了解这些分析，从业者将更好地定位自己，以提供护理、改善获得服务的机会，并应对医疗保健覆盖市场的变化。
